Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Fetch Rewards as a Backend Engineer and contribute to the evolution of our shopping experience. You will design and develop high-performance backend services, integrating seamlessly with various systems. Working within a small, multi-functional team, you will tackle challenging problems and create innovative solutions. This full-time role offers flexibility, allowing you to work from one of our US offices or remotely. Fetch provides a supportive and inclusive work environment, fostering innovation and collaboration. We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including equity, 401k matching, health benefits, paid time off, robust parental leave, and continuing education opportunities.

Requirements

• A deep understanding of functional and object-oriented programming
• Ability to plan and implement complex data models
• Ability to optimize poorly performing code, data queries, and network requests
• Understanding of the complexity and failure domains of micro-services and distributed architectures
• Ability to troubleshoot large scale production systems and explain both short and long-term solutions with trade-offs
• Effective communication, including the ability to translate and explain technical issues to non-technical team members
• High-level languages (Go)
• Relational and eventually consistent databases (MongoDB, Postgres, MySQL)
• In-memory data stores and caches (Redis, Memcache)
• Version control system (Git)
• Test writing and quality assurance
• Service-oriented architecture
• Full-stack development (Kotlin, Javascript, React, Swift)
• Messages queue and event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis, Redis Streams)
• Continuous development
• Undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, engineering or mathematics

Responsibilities

• Build highly performant backend services to integrate seamlessly with our data stores, message queues, mobile and web platforms, and other systems
• Take on challenging problems and design & develop an amazing solution with little to no assistance

Benefits

• Equity: We also offer employees equity in Fetch, so that everyone can benefit from Fetch’s growth
• 401k Match: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 4%
• Benefits for humans and pets : We offer comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for everyone including your pets
• Continuing Education : Fetch provides ten thousand per year in education reimbursement
• Employee Resource Groups : Take part in employee-led groups that are centered around fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace through events, dialogue and advocacy. The ERGs participate in our Inclusion Council with members of executive leadership
• Paid Time Off: On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays, including Juneteenth and Indigenous People’s Day, as well as our year-end week-long break
• Robust Leave Policies: 20 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 14 weeks for secondary caregivers, and a flexible return to work schedule
• Calvin Care Cash : Employees who are welcoming new family members will also receive a one time $2,000 incentive to assist employees with covering the cost of childcare, clothing, diapers and much more!
• Flexible Work Environment : Collaborate with your team in one of our stunning offices in Madison, Birmingham, or Chicago. Or you can work fully remotely from anywhere in the US. We’ll ensure you are equally equipped with the hardware and software you need to get your job done in the comfort of your home